Many of us are celebrating the holidays with love, giving, and being with those we care about.

Yet on many levels the world is in a state of high anxiety, stress, and anger due to the recent terrorist attacks across the globe.

It is of course appropriate to protect ourselves and to stop those who mean us harm but that is only the beginning. It is also important to look for long-term solutions to the problems that we’re facing as human beings.

In addition to constructive external action designed to bring about peace and economic prosperity, along with preserving our lovely planet, a shift in attitude is required.

And a great place to start is bringing positive change for ourselves, the people we care about, and the entire human community.

We can do this through the healing power of love

Love is seeing the situation from more than our own point of view – love is open-minded.

Love is a feeling of I am you and you are me – solidarity.

Love is unconditional acceptance.

Love is wanting for the other one whatever it is they want for themselves.

Love this giving without wanting anything back in return.

Love is the cohesive force that holds our world together.

Love is the power that we tap when we become forces for good in the world.

This love is already right within you waiting to be discovered, nurtured and expressed by you. No matter what you are experiencing in this moment the healing power of love can help you to move beyond barriers and discover true lasting solutions on micro and a macro-cosmic levels.

The following process is designed to help you and those you care about liberate the love within your hearts. You can do this with yourself and, especially now, you can do this process with everyone you care about. If you simply ask yourself or ask your peers these questions with an open mind and heart, your inner doors open allowing the light of love to shine both within you, through you and around you.

Answer with a yes. If it feels like a tentative yes, keep asking. You will find the resistance drops with each asking.

Could you allow yourself to welcome any non-love feeling you are experiencing in this moment?

Could you let that feeling go or simply turn it to love as best you can?

Could you allow the healing energy of love to flow from your heart into your body, mind, experience and world as best you can?

Each time you go through these questions, they open you to a deeper and richer experience of the love that is already shining at your core. They will support you in feeling safe and taking courageous and appropriate action.

As a peer to peer release what you do is you simply ask your releasing partner these questions and then allow them to ask you these same questions. As you keep going back and forth you will be supporting each other both in healing and self-empowerment.

I recommend you do this process not just with yourself but with everyone that you know who is willing to go in this direction. Think of family and friends, thinks of circles at work, think of organizations you belong to. You can use this process to create a strong loving community for yourself.

This is not the only solution for effectively dealing with our personal and more universal challenges, but it can be a huge help for everyone.

Congratulations on your interest in Peer to Peer Releasing. It is my sincerest wish that you are able to bring this work into your life for yourself and for the people you care about in a meaningful way. These guidelines are meant to support you in making this as easy as possible for you. If you simply allow yourself to have relax and have fun with this it will rock your world. Please share releasing with everyone you know and share your experience below.

• Be there with and for your partners as best you can and allow them to do the same for you.
• Grant your partners their Beingness by allowing them to have their own explorations and experience.
• As you facilitate your partners in releasing, do your best to let go and be as open and present as you can. You will find this happens naturally if you are open to it. Refrain from leading your partners, judging their responses, or giving them advice.
• Refrain from discussing the explorations until you have both completed them and you have spent a few minutes in silence.
• Be sure to validate your partner’s points of view even if these do not agree with your own.
• Please refrain from playing the role of counselor or therapist if you are working with one of your peers. If you are a professional please feel free to incorporate this work into your practice.

If your partner brings up a medical condition that would ordinarily require the care of a trained medical professional, recommend that he or she get whatever professional support is needed in this area. If you are not sure whether your partner truly needs medical support, you can recommend that he or she seek professional medical attention just to be sure.